Hey guys well this is the edited version of chapter one, Enjoy ^-^
CHAPTER 1:I'm engaged ?
"Engaged! You can't be serious, right?" Sakura asked as she laughed. "Mom?... Dad?"
"..."
" You ARE kidding right?" she asked again laughing hoping this was all a joke but all laughter died as her parent's eyes showed no hint of humor.
"I'm sorry sweetie but it's true you are engag-"
" No! I'm only eighteen years old! I don't want to be engaged!" Sakura exclaimed interrupting her mother.
"Sakura, this is to benefit the Haruno Corporation. The Uchiha Corporation and the Haruno's are two of the biggest corporations in Korea and Japan. Combining our companies together will be good not only for you but for all of us." Sakura's father said solemnly.
"But how does my getting married with a guy I've never met before benefit me? For all I know he could be a perverted middle aged man!" Sakura whined while she banged her head softly on the kitchen table.
"Now now Sakura, stop doing that. There that's better. Thank you dear." Aki (Sakura's mother) said with a thankful grin as sakura stoped banging her head.
"First of all, The Uchiha's and Haruno's have been friends for decades and around the time that you were born they had a son also. So to answer that question no he's not middle aged, Sasuke Uchiha is around your age, seventeen at most; you're older than him by a couple of months I think. When both of you were about only four years old-"
"No hunny, it was around the time wen they were three years old." Aki corrected her husband.
"Oh right, right thank you dear. Well when both of you were three years old, your mother and I sat down with Uchiha Corporation's president Fugaku Uchiha and his wife Mikoto Uchiha and discussed your futures and had decided to have you engaged as soon as you turned eighteen."
"So let me get this straight, you're saying that technically I've been engaged since I was three?" she asked while holding up three fingers for emphasis.
"Yes, in short words you've been engaged since you were three years old."her father stated.
Sakura's eyebrow twiched in disbelief. "WHAT! How can you do this to me?" note, she did not yell but stated rather loudly.
"Sakura, please just consider it. Who knows you might even come to like Sasuke or fall in love with him. Anything can happen." her mother said with a gentle and sweet voice like honey.
"Who knows? I know, mom. And what I know is that I'm not going to end up falling in love with him. That's a for sure given. But okay I'll... consider it." she sighed but no matter how much she doesn't like the idea she just can go against her mother when she talks to her in that gentle way of hers.
"So when do I leave for Japan?"she asked with no enthusiasm.
"Tomorrow morning you take flight 4536 to Japan." her father said handing her her passport and ticket.
"Want me to help you pack sweetie?" her mother asked.
"No its okay, I'll do it. I want to take this chance to think. If that's alright." she said with a sad smile.
"Of course it is baby girl, I'll get the maid to bring some tea up to your room in a little bit." her mother replied as Sakura got up and left the kitchen.
"Okay no problem." While Sakura went up the white marbled stair case up to her room she heard that her father had already changed the conversation with her mother to something unrelated to her being engaged. She sighed.
'Oh for the love of Kami, I'm engaged...'
In Japan...
A knock on his bedroom door woke Sasuke up from his sleep. "What?" he asked irritated at whoever woke him up.
"Young master, your father called not long ago and asked me to wake you up. He demands your presence at the Uchiha residence this morning." The maid answered unfased by his tone, since he's not a morning person, he is always cranky when woken up by another person.
"Okay, I'll be down in a little bit." he said clear irritation in his words.
As he heard the maids' foot steps grow fainter and fainter his eyes adjusted to his dark room. He felt something -wait he corrected himself-he felt someone stir next to him, he looked to his side and smirked at his latest conquer.
Sasuke shook her gently to wake her up. Once she was fully awake he told her to get dressed and to go home since he had to go to his fathers house. She smiled at him and did as he asked.
Sasuke chuckled as he thought to himself when she finally left 'That girl probably thinks I'm going to call her. Ha mistake on her part she's just like all those other females. Easy to fool, one night stands.'
Thirty minutes later he was out the door, all showered and dressed, and on his way to the Uchiha residence.
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"Has my son arrived yet?" Fugaku asked the maid who was pouring red wine in his glass.
"No sir, I have not been informed of any arrival." she said.
"Alright then, well thank you for your services, and please do inform me when he arrives." he thanked her with a kind smile.
"Yes sir, right away." and with that she smiled, bowed and left.
He closed his eyes and just listened to the ocean waves as he drank a sip of his wine. Letting the cool sea air caress his whole being he opened his eyes, took a deep and content breath and smiled for today was going to be a wonderful day.
"Master Uchiha your son has arrived." the maid said before she bowed and left.
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" You wanted to see me dad" Sasuke asked.
" Yes, come and sit down" he motioned for Sasuke to come out onto the deck.
"As you know both the Uchiha and Haruno Corporations have been affiliated for a long time." his father said
"Yes of course, you never let me forget." Sasuke replied.
"Well then there's something that I left out on purpose until today." he said, drank some wine and smiled.
Sasuke's eyebrow went up in suspicion "What did you leave out?" he asked his voice filled with curiousity.
"Well the president of the Haruno Corporation has a daughter about your age."he stated while grinning.
"okay...? And how does any of that involve me coming here?" Sasuke asked. But he had to admit he was curious on what that girl looked like. He just wanted to know if she was hot basically.
"It involves you coming here because you are engaged to her."he said in a-matter-of-fact-tone, still grinning though.
"Oh is that all- WAIT WHAT?" he asked incredulous. " Does mom know about this?"
"Yes your mom has known about this for fourteen years " he stated.
" Wait, hold on! What do you mean fourteen years?" he asked furiously.
"Well it depends do you want the long explanation or the short and sweet one?" he asked while taking another sip of his wine.
"I'm not playing around!" he said controlling his anger. 'What does this old man think he's doing? Engaged my ass! Hell naw, the fuck do I look like getting engaged at seventeen!'
"Okay, have it your way. Bottom line you've been engaged since you were three years old." he said nonchalantly looking at his wine and have it slosh around in his glass.
"WHAT THE HECK! Why am I even engaged, and to a girl I don't even know? Or knew that existed. "
"Well Sasuke you being engaged to her will make our two corporations unite into one to make the biggest well known corporation in both Japan and Korea."
"So? I don't want to get married, I'm only seventeen! I don't even know if she's pretty 'or sexy for that matter' .You can't do this to me!" he yelled.
"I can and I have, and no use calling your mother either she agreed to this fourteen years ago." he smirked and shrugged as if it was nothing.
All Sasuke could do at that point was glare at the man before him. 'No this can not be happening. marriage means commitment, I'm only seventeen I don't want to be committed to anybody.'
"Oh come on Sasuke, don't glare at me like that. Listen she's a really nice girl, I've met her in person quite a few times. She's smart, comes from a very, very wealthy family and she's very pretty."
'Great just what i need a stuck up rich girl.' he thought sarcastically as he mentally rolled his eyes. "Dad your pretty and what I define pretty to be, are two different types of pretty." he told his father. "But what's her name?"
"Sakura Haruno."he replied." Listen before you say anything just hear me out. Consider this engagement because you never know this actually might be the one for you. You know you might fall in love with her. Anything can happen."
"Okay, I'm going to consider it but I know for a fact that I'm not going to fall in love with her." he said. "When are we seeing each other?"
"She's coming tomorrow, and she will be living and staying with you. And it wouldn't hurt to get to know her."his father said.
"Fine." Sasuke said begrudingly.
As they both sat there basking in the sunshine out in the deck of the mansion, Sasuke glaring at his father (again) and Fugaku with his eyes closed enjoying his wine is how it all began...